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Acts 21:32

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Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

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Acts 21:32 in other translations

And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.

Acts 21:32 · American Standard Version

Acts 21:32 in context

  1. 30All the city was moved and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
  2. 31As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
  3. 32Immediately he took soldiers and centurions and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.
  4. 33Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done.
  5. 34Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.